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Bulletin: Operation USA Preparing to Aid Recovery Efforts in the Philippines Following Typhoon

Los Angeles-based non-governmental agency assessing recovery needs as record-breaking storm makes landfall   Los Angeles, Calif., November 7, 2013 –Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that it is assessing needs and preparing to aid communities in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Haiyan bears down on the country. The organization will call […]

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A Letter from President and CEO Richard Walden

Dear Friends,   After 34 years working in disaster relief and development, Operation USA has learned that an increasingly diverse media environment too often diverts our focus away from vital activities aimed at alleviating human suffering and promoting human development around the world. When war and military involvements, hotly contested national elections and political debates,

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NEWS: Operation USA Receives Major Grant from Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation

Operation USA is pleased to announce that we have received a grant in the amount of $258,500 from the Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation. The grant will be shared with the International Development Association, our Ethiopian partner organization.   The IDA, formerly called Play Therapy, provides healthcare, feeding and therapy services to children in

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NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA to Aid Recovery Efforts in Mexico Following Major Storms

Los Angeles-based non-governmental agency assessing recovery needs in wake of recent flooding   Los Angeles, Calif., September 18, 2013 –Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that it is assessing needs and will provide aid to communities near Acapulco, Mexico in the wake of major storms that struck the area earlier this

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BULLETIN: Community Gathering Place “Honeywell Ibasho House” Opens in Japan

Operation USA partners with Honeywell to aid tsunami victims   Ofunato, Iwate, Japan, June 18, 2013 – Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, today confirms the opening of Honeywell Ibasho House, a community gathering place in Masaki-Cho, Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, dedicated to enriching the lives of elders affected by the Great East

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NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA to Provide Increased Aid For Tornado-Ravaged Areas

Los Angeles-based non-governmental agency seeks donations supporting relief efforts in Oklahoma   Los Angeles, Calif., May 31, 2013 — Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that it will elevate relief efforts in the Oklahoma City area after tornadoes swept the area and damaged communities for the second time in less than

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NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA Delivers Aid via Local Agencies in Tornado-stricken Oklahoma

Los Angeles-based non-governmental agency provides material aid and financial assistance   Los Angeles, Calif., May 26, 2013 –Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that it has provided emergency aid to communities in need in Oklahoma in the wake of tornadoes that struck the area earlier this week, with more aid to

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BULLETIN: Operation USA Seeks Large Scale Donations in Bulk from Corporate Partners for Distribution in Oklahoma

Los Angeles non-governmental organization identifies top in-kind donation needs for tornado victims   Los Angeles, Calif., May 21, 2013 –Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, today announced that it is seeking corporate partners for funding and bulk donations of in-kind products of which there is a high need in Oklahoma in the wake

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NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA to Aid Tornado Relief Efforts in Moore, Oklahoma and Surrounding Areas

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 20, 2013– Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that it will provide emergency aid to community-based health organizations across Oklahoma in the wake of a tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma.   The massive tornado destroyed entire blocks of homes, two schools, and a medical center in the

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BULLETIN: Operation USA Denounces Planned Cyber Attack of Same Name

Los Angeles based non-government organization releases statement in light of planned online attack   Los Angeles, Calif.– Operation USA, a widely-known 34-year-old international relief organization, today released a statement regarding the “Operation USA” cyber attack planned by criminal hackers and aimed against websites of high-profile US government agencies, financial institutions, and commercial entities.   “On

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